Dire consequences, if city polls not cancelled: Hannan Shah

The BNP wants the Apr 28 city polls cancelled and held again, reports bdnews24.com.
The party -backed candidates had pulled out of the polls in Dhaka and Chittagong midway, alleging 'wide-spread rigging and terror'.
"Many have asked why we didn't go for immediate action after the polls. We protested silently and that was the right thing to do," BNP Standing Committee member Hannan Shah said on Saturday.
But he said that if the city polls were not cancelled, the people would 'give a befitting reply' to the Awami League government.
 "They will face dire consequences."
 Hannan Shah said the electoral fraud in the city polls gave all a clear idea of what would have happened, if a national election was held with the Awami League in power.  
 "It's clear from the rigging during the Apr 28 polls, what the government had done in the Jan 5, 2014 national election."
He told reporters after paying homage at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's mausoleum on Saturday that BNP's policymaking Standing Committee would meet "soon" to decide on the next course of action.
 Asked when that would happen, he said: "I was an army officer. We never divulge timing, strength and strategy. You have to wait for that."
The BNP, which sat out the 2014 national polls, boycotted Tuesday's city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong midway.
Mayor candidates backed by the party lost in all the three city corporations. Hannan Shah along with the party's front leaders paid respects at the BNP founder's mausoleum marking the founding anniversary of 'Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal', the BNP's labour affiliate.